slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
All of which means that we should be *hopping mad* that these fast-catch-up features were APIs that Apple was more than happy to gaslight web developers about for years on end.
None of this needed to wait. There wasn't any legitimate reason for a contemplative pause. There wasn't some big bug in any of these APIs that would create huge risks. It was all thoughtfulness kayfabe. Misdirection to cover for disinvestment.
And it stinks to high heavens.